COLLEGE ESSAY WRITING TIPS 1.0

I love this article from last summer published by the New York Times. So many times I have had to deliver the devastating news about the "hook" in an applicant's admissions essay... the rhetorical question must go. I absolutely hate being the "bad guy." That is precisely why I love an article that backs me up on the idea that, with so few words you are allowed to include, make sure they are your own. This is (of course) not an absolute, but avoid spending precious time looking for great quotes or postulating cliché questions in your first line of your essays. Keep the admissions committee interested in the important thing... YOU!